No match

Arkansas transfer Andrew Norman will not be playing football at Kansas University this year.

A source at KU confirmed that Norman wasn’t coming, which correlated with what Norman’s father, Robert, said earlier Thursday.

“It looks like he won’t be enrolling at Kansas,” Robert Norman said. “I’m not sure where he’ll be enrolling, but it appears he won’t be going to Kansas.”

Norman supposedly was choosing between Kansas and Tulsa after being granted a release from his scholarship at Arkansas earlier this month.

A published report said he was transferring to Kansas, but it appears that report was premature.

A 6-foot-2 wide receiver, Norman was heavily recruited out of Springdale (Ark.) High in 2006, but chose the Razorbacks over Kansas, Louisville and Michigan State.

He red-shirted last season before asking to be released from his scholarship this summer.

It was granted, and his father said he was choosing between Tulsa – where his high school coach now is – and Kansas. He has visited both schools this month, but it’s possible he’ll end up at neither school.

Darn the luck

Rats.

KU’s annual “Corporate Kickoff” event, which brings chamber of commerce members, business partners and other merchants to Memorial Stadium to help kick off the football season, was moved out of the press box and onto the field this year because of its growing popularity.

And then it rained – hard – Thursday about 10 minutes into the event, and it was canceled.

Many attendees sought shelter underneath the west stands, where they got a good look at the new Anderson Family Football Complex just southwest of the stadium. The foundation and some walls are being erected.

“It’s dusty over there now,” associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said, “but a year from now there will be a beautiful building there.”

The construction of the 80,000-square foot building remains on schedule and is expected to be open in the summer of 2008.

QB Club

Registration continues for fans interested in joining the 2007 KU Quarterback Club. Club members receive a variety of football-related items, including a 2007 media guide, will be admitted free into all nine meetings and be eligible for prizes.

The first Quarterback Club meeting will be Aug. 30 in conjunction with coach Mark Mangino’s Hawk Talk radio show. The rest of the in-season meetings – five in all – will take place on Monday nights.

For information, call 864-3196 or visit kuathletics.com.